First of all I want to make it clear that I was born on 24th July, 1955 in a former untouchable caste, Chamar in village Madhopur, district Jallandar in Punjab. It would be pertinent to inform that my date of birth does not tally with the birth date as told by my mother. My community had never made a Janam Patri or a Teva. It had also never believed that giving alms can improve their lives. What I want to say is that my caste does not come under any class or religion in the societal order. It had no social, religious, political or economic rights before independence.
